"We're simply asking KFC to modernize its methods," Pink said, "and stop boiling birds alive in the defeathering tank and pumping them so full of growth drugs that they cripple under their own weight."

Also, bringing mashed potatoes to the UK store would be nice, but the animal welfare thing needs to be sorted first.

KFC, of course, deny that their chickens are treated badly, and that they just taste like they've been brutalised naturally. It has established an advisory council on animal welfare, although you'll note it's actually its own council, and hardly an indpendent body.